Rays rally in 9th to shock Yankees
NEW YORK — Travis d’Arnaud hit three home runs, including a startling, three-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning off Aroldis Chapman, and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame their Yankee Stadium woes to beat New York 5-4 on Monday night.
D’Arnaud went the other way on a full-count breaking ball, lofting a go-ahead drive that sailed over the leap of right fielder Aaron Judge. Several Rays players spilled from the dugout to congratulate d’Arnaud while a crowd of 43,173 fell silent.
The catcher tied a Tampa Ray record for homers in a game. It has been done five times, most recently by Evan Longoria in 2012.
The Yankees had been 49-0 this season when leading after eight innings. The Rays won for just the second time in seven games in the Bronx this year and cut the Yankees’ lead in the AL East to five games.
Andrew Kittredge got the win despite allowing Edwin Encarnacion’s second homer of the game, a tworun shot in the eighth that put the Yankees up 4-2. Oliver Drake got one out for his first save.
Chapman gave up a pair of singles to begin the ninth, struck out the next two batters and then was tagged for d’Arnaud’s ninth homer of the season.
GIANTS SWEEP ROCKIES: Brandon Crawford homered three times and drove in nine runs over the course of two games, and San Francisco beat host Colorado 2-1 in the nightcap to complete a sweep of a split doubleheader. In the first game, Crawford went 5-for-6 with two homers and tied a San Francisco team record with eight RBIs as the Giants scored a season high in runs in a 19-2 rout of the Rockies.
INDIANS 8, TIGERS 6: Oscar Mercado hit his second home run of the game — a leadoff blast in the seventh inning — and host Cleveland continued to dominate Detroit. The Indians have won nine of 10 against the Tigers this season, including eight in a row.
RED SOX 10, BLUE JAYS 8: Rookie Michael Chavis hit a grand slam, Xander Bogaerts had three hits, and Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs to lead Boston to a victory over Toronto at Fenway Park.
BRAVES 4, BREWERS 2: Freddie Freeman hit his 25th homer of the season, Max Fried pitched five scoreless innings, and Atlanta hung on for a win at Milwaukee.
CARDINALS 7, PIRATES 0: Miles Mikolas pitched an eight-hitter, and Tyler O’Neill hit a pair of two-run homers, lifting host St. Louis to a win over Pittsburgh.
DODGERS 16, PHILLIES 2: Cody Bellinger hit his 32nd and 33rd homers, Clayton Kershaw struck out seven in six innings, and Los Angeles routed host Philadelphia.
REDS 6, CUBS 3: Eugenio Suarez and Yasiel Puig each hit his 22nd home run of the season, and Cincinnati rallied past Chicago at Wrigley Field.
ROYALS 5, WHITE SOX 2: Jakob Junis struck out a career-high 10, and Nicky Lopez drove in a pair of runs and scored twice as host Kansas City beat Chicago.